Summer Assessment - EI Bilingual Speech Pathologist

Illinois School District U 46
US - Illinois - Elgin
June 30, 2024

Position Type:
Summer Vacancies

Date Posted:
4/8/2024

Location:
District Wide

Date Available:
06/03/2024

Closing Date:
Until Filled
Position / Title: Bilingual Speech and Language Pathologist

Bargaining Unit: SUM

Department/Location: Specialized Student Services

Calendar Days: 19

Reports To: Assistant Director of Specialized Student Services

JD Revision Date: 04/26/2012

Supervises: N/A

Function / Position Summary
To work with ELL students (Spanish/English), parents and staff in order to prevent, identify, evaluate and remediate a wide range of oral communication problems, including articulation, voice, and fluency and language disorders.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

Prevention can include consultation, in service training, and speaking with parents and parent groups.
Identification can include pre-referral (student support teams), bilingual screenings, and referrals for the evaluation process.
Assessment may include data collection in both Spanish and English through standardized or non-standardized measures, interpretation, report writing in English, bilingually sharing results with parents and staff, determining eligibility for services, and developing appropriate ELL speech and language IEP's.
Intervention can include caseload management (scheduling), direct remediation within the educational setting, pull out services, consulting on academic and social issues, developing ongoing goals, documenting progress, collaborating with classroom teachers and other school personnel as well as holding annual review meetings, speech/language only report backs as well as report backs to service teams.
Completing caseload records for special education funding.
Managing/Maintaining student IEP's and evaluations on web-based computer program.
Assignment may include multiple sites and age/ability levels as well as district assessments and SLPP supervision.
Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting using both English and Spanish.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor or administration.

Education

Illinois Professional Educators License (PEL) with Speech and Language Pathology endorsement
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Speech Language Pathologist License.
Master's degree or higher in Speech Language Pathology.

Experience / Knowledge

Near fluent to fluent verbal and written Spanish and English skills.
Bicultural awareness of both Spanish speaking countries and mainstream English-speaking community.
An understanding of the characteristics of second language acquisition, its impact on the native language and differentiating between speech and language difference vs. disorder.
An understanding of dual language assessment data collection model(s.)

Physical Demands

Requires prolonged sitting or standing.
Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching.

Terms of Employment

This is a temporary position. Salary and benefits established by the Board of Education.

Attachment(s):

Bilingual Speech Therapist.pdf

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